On (06 Sep 97) Jean Menten wrote to Holly Sullivan...
 HS> A neighbor down the street has a hibiscus about 6 ft tall, 
 HS> but I think it's more from neglect than anything else.
 HS> It does need a good trimming.)
 JM> It does NOT
My mother trims her hibiscus way down, almost to the ground. 
She used to give me and my father fits, thinking she was killing 
them, but the buggers come back just as healthy as before.
She doesn't like them to get so high that they obscure her 
view from the front or back porch.
 HS> Most are red, pink, yellow, or white, or a combination.
 JM> Over here, most of them are blue
We have LOTS of hibiscus around here. They seem to love our 
climate, but I've never seen a white or blue one. Well, I have 
seen the white with peach center.
I don't have any hibiscus around my house. I wish I did. 
They're cheap enough too. One garden store had them on sale 
last week. I think it was a one gallon pot. 2 for $4.00
I don't have any room now. I'll have to wait 'till I manage to 
kill the next plant.
I have a lot of Lantana that I'm planning on pulling up when 
the weather gets cooler.
Jimvee 
 
... The pistol of a flower is its only protection against insects.
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